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1. 21. How to promote innovation from an organizational control perspective : A case study of a public infrastructure client

   Författare :Anna-Therése Järvenpää; Per-Erik Eriksson; Johan Larsson; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Kristian Widén; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; infrastructure; organizational control; promoting innovation; public client; Sweden; control systems; inter-organizational; principal-agent; Byggproduktion och teknik; Construction Management and Building Technology;

   Sammanfattning : Within the infrastructure sector, a public client can have various roles and responsibilities that extend beyond its own organization, such as stimulating and supporting innovation. As an infrastructure project is seldom standardized, the client needs to procure each contract based on the relevant uncertainties and complexities for that specific context. LÄS MER

3. 22. Managing change in performance measures within a manufacturing context

   Författare :Mohammed Salloum; Magnus Wiktorsson; Mike Bourne; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :performance measures; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Sammanfattning : Even though the literature available within the field of performance measurement and management (PMM) is extensive, a gap exists regarding how change is managed in performance measures (PM).  This gap is corroborated by the empirical data underlining that only a few organisations have mechanisms in place for managing PM change. LÄS MER

4. 23. On the Innovative MNC : Leveraging Innovations and the Role of IT systems

   Författare :Francesco Ciabuschi; Mats Forsgren; Ulf Holm; Ingmar Björkman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; MNC; innovation development; problem solving; innovation transfer; IT systems; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the phenomena of development and transfer of innovations within multinational corporations (MNCs), and in particular, with the role of information technology (IT) systems in innovation. The empirical base of the thesis is both qualitative and quantitative. LÄS MER

5. 24. Collaboration and competition in firm-internal ideation management : Two alternatives – and a third way out

   Författare :Magnus Bergendahl; Mats Magnusson; Jennie Björk; Katharina Hölzle; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation; ideation; collaboration; competition; ideas; idea generation; performance; firm-internal; ideation management; management; efficiency; employee.; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

   Sammanfattning : The passive reliance on ideas to spontaneously emerge within companies is today replaced with more active and continuous ideation management that embraces employees from different functions and knowledge-domains within the company to create and develop ideas. A frequently observed feature in the active management of ideation is the reliance on collaboration and competition mechanisms. LÄS MER

7. 25. Barriers to growth and development in small firms

   Författare :Henrik Barth; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; Development; Innovation; Barrier; Small firms; SME;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the extended summary is to develop the understanding of the existence and reasons behind barriers to growth and development in small firms. More specifically, four questions are addressed: (1) What do we know about the term barrier, how can it be defined? (2) What types of barriers to growth and development have been identified? (3) How can barriers to growth and development be addressed in a framework? and (4) How do the results of the appended papers (Papers I-V) contribute to the research field of barriers to growth and development?A literature review was undertaken to answer the first two questions. LÄS MER